Here are the biggest takeaways from Wilpon and general manager Sandy Alderson.

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New medical staff

Lost in the payroll news is the fact that the Mets hired their first-ever director of performance and sport science in Jim Cavallini. Several departments will now be overseen and coordinated by Cavallini, who comes to Queens after serving as the Director of Performance for the U.S. Army's Special Operations Command, including the medical and training staffs, therapists, strength coaches and nutritionists. The goal is to create a more cohesive unit in order to share information that goes well past training, but also includes nutrition, sleep and yes, hydration (looking at you, Yoenis).

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"One of the things we liked about Jim was his attention to detail and organization and management skills," Alderson said. "It's important to make sure that all of these different areas of expertise are well-coordinated in providing a sort of holistic approach to each player's performance."

Brian Chicklo was also promoted to head trainer after serving as the assistant trainer since 2012. Chicklo has been with the Mets for 20 years and will be assisted by Joseph Golia, who was the Mets' minor league medical coordinator in 2017.

"While we're certainly not going to eliminate injuries, we will have the capacity, the expertise, the organization and the communication among our medical staff, as well as field staff and front office to optimize performance on behalf of the players,” Alderson said.

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Mets, deGrom have talked extension

Jacob deGrom is one of the best pitchers in baseball and has been the Mets' most reliable pitcher over the last three years.

He's also still under team control, which would make him exceptionally valuable on the trade market.

The Mets would like to lock up deGrom instead of having another fire sale this summer and they have, in fact, approached his camp with preliminary terms. However, they came to terms on a contract for 2017 in order to avoid arbitration and in order to avoid distraction this season, they'll keep negotiations tabled for now.

"There were some preliminary conversations about that," Alderson said. "I think we mutually agreed to go forward with the arbitration process and think that's where they are at the moment. That's where we are. There has been some. I wouldn't say extensive, I wouldn't create any expectation. But yeah, we've talked about it, it's the normal course of an arbitration-eligible player."